N,N‐Dimethylethylamine
MAK Value Documentation, addendum – Translation of the German version from 2018
Andrea Hartwig1 (Chair of the Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)MAK Commission2
1 Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Adenauerring 20a, Building 50.41, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
2 Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Kennedyallee 40, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Abstract
The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has evaluated a momentary value of N,N‐dimethylethylamine [598‐56‐1].
Critical effects are vision disturbances and irritation of the eyes and the respiratory tract in exposed workers and volunteers. In a study in a foundry, these effects were caused by peak exposures of about 10 ml/m3. By analogy with cyclohexylamine, a momentary value of 5 ml/m3 which must not be exceeded at any time is also established for N,N‐dimethylethylamine.
